CLIA report shows strong recovery of the cruise industry
20-05-23
The latest annual survey of the global cruise industry shows that the global cruise industry’s rapid recovery continues, with the industry set to cross the pre-pandemic levels this year and rise by another 20 pc by 2028.
A total of 31.5 million passengers are expected to sail aboard a cruise ship in 2023, overaking the pre-pandemic high reached in 2019. This is one of the key findings of the State of Cruise Industry Report 2023 released by the Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA).
The CLIA report says that cruise industry continues to be one of the fastest-growing tourism sectors, jumping from 29.7 million passengers in 2019 to a predicted 36 million by 2024, 37.2 million by 2025 and 39.5 million passengers by 2027.
The CLIA report says that the growth will not be seen in passenger numbers, but also in the capacity of the global cruise industry which is predicted to grow by 19 pc to more than 746,000 lower berths from 2022 to 2028. Research also showed that 85 pc of those that have cruised will sail again, about 6 pc higher than pre-pandemic totals.